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NEW PRODUCT – Micro-HDMI to HDMI Socket Adapter Cable

jeff — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:56:05 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Micro-HDMI to HDMI Socket Adapter Cable – Turn a micro HDMI port into a ‘regular sized’ HDMI port with this handy adapter. Works great with the Beagle Bone Black, many cameras with video out, etc. Approximately 6″ long.

NEW PRODUCT – Micro HDMI to HDMI Cable – 2 meter

adafruit — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:07:18 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Micro HDMI to HDMI Cable – 2 meter. Connect an HDMI device with a micro HDMI port to one with a regular size HDMI port together with this basic HDMI cable. It has nice molded grips for easy installation, and is 2 meter long (about 6 feet). This is a HDMI 1.3 cable.

NEW PRODUCT – Hook-up Wire Spool Set – 22AWG Solid Core – 6 x 25 ft

adafruit — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:54:30 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Hook-up Wire Spool Set – 22AWG Solid Core – 6 x 25 ft. Perfect for bread-boarding, free wiring, etc. This box contains 6 spools of solid-core wire. The wire is easy to solder to and when bent it keeps its shape pretty well. We like to have a few spools of this stuff around which is why this set is quite nice! We suggest picking up wire strippers to match. Wire gauge is 22 AWG which we’ve found is the best all-around gauge, it works best with breadboards and perfboards but also fits in terminal blocks nicely.

This box has a wooden dowel rod to hold the spools in place and let them spin, and there are little punch-outs you can pass the wire through so its it’ll stay nice organized.

NEW PRODUCT – USB cable – 8 A to Mini B and Micro B

adafruit — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:55:02 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – USB cable – 8 A to Mini B and Micro B. Mini or Micro? Mini or Micro??? Mini AND Micro! This is a handy USB cable, it’s compact so you can toss it into your toolkit, and has both Mini-B and Micro-B connector. Now you can hook up your FTDI friend/Teensy/LiPo Charger/Flora or a Arduino Micro/Leonardo/Raspberry Pi using the same cable, sweet!

Approximately 8″ long from end to end, its a little more compact than our classic 3′ long cable

This cable does not contain a hub, so you can only connect one USB device at a time (to either end).

Length: 8.5″
Weight: 12g

UPDATED PRODUCT – Flexible USB Swivel Adapter

adafruit — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:54:01 +0000

UPDATED PRODUCT – Flexible USB Swivel Adapter. This flexible USB swivel adapter will extend your USB port out of the way. Useful when you want to attach a ‘bulky’ USB device without blocking a secondary port. We thought this would be handy for BeagleBone or Raspberry Pi users. Rotates 180 degrees in two axes, with a very nice solid construction.

Weight: 8.74g
Length: 66mm
Width: 17.6mm
Height: 9.4mm

10-pin IDC Socket Rainbow Breakout Cable

Becky Stern — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:02:12 +0000

We don’t really know what to call this thing – it’s got a 10 pin IDC cable on one end 6 inches of rainbow ribbon and tipped with 0.1″ female socket connectors on the ends. We think this would be handy as a 10-pin JTAG breakout adapter, or maybe some sort of cable re-arranger. Anyhow, it seems useful and we picked up a bunch.

Yeah we know it would be awesome if we could get a 6-pin version but the gray socket connector thing doesn’t come in anything smaller than 10 pins – we asked!

UPDATED PRODUCT – 4-pin JST SM Plug + Receptacle Cable Set

Becky Stern — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:20:00 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – 4-pin JST SM Plug + Receptacle Cable Set – These 4-wire cables are 15cm long and come as a set, one side has a JST SM type connector plug on the end. The other side has a matching JST SM type receptacle connector. They are good for whenever you have 4 wires you want to be able to plug and unplug. We like the solid and compact nature of these connectors and the latch that keeps the cable from coming apart easily. For more information, check the JST SM connector datasheet

Our digital addressable LED strip and 12mm pixels also come with JST SM connectors and you can use these cables to connect to the input or output port

These cables can be used to connect to either the INPUT or OUTPUT port of our LPD8806 digital addressable LED strip or the INPUT or OUTPUT port of our WS2801 LED Pixels so that you can easily plug it into your Arduino or similar and also connect another strand to the output, or perhaps apply power to the ‘output’ end.

Each order receives one of each connector. We no longer sell these cables individually, instead get the pair for the same price!

NEW PRODUCT – Slip Ring with Flange – 22mm diameter, 12 wires, max 240V @ 2A

Becky Stern — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:00:02 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Slip Ring with Flange – 22mm diameter, 12 wires, max 240V @ 2A – With a slip ring assembly, your electronics can now twist and turn safely. Add wheel encoders, 360 degree sensors, rotating LEDs, rotors and more! We’ve seen a lot of people DIY slip ring’s out of desperation but no longer, simply pick up one of these to solve any rotation needs you have.

Inside the plastic tube is a gold plated slip ring for 12 wires. There are 12 color coded wire sets made of 28 AWG and no matter how you twist the assembly, they will remain in continuity. Each of the wire sets can carry up to 2A at up to 240VAC or 240VDC. There’s a 44mm (1.7″) diameter flange with mounting holes to make it easy to attach or you can cut it off with a hacksaw and drill/machine as you wish it seems to just be ABS plastic. Rated to rotate up to 300 RPM (but you can probably go faster if you don’t mind a reduced life and/or noise).

Here’s a video of our six-connector slip ring, to show how it works inside:

NEW PRODUCT – Miniature Slip Ring – 12mm diameter, 12 wires, max 240V @ 2A

Becky Stern — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:45:54 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Miniature Slip Ring – 12mm diameter, 12 wires, max 240V @ 2A – With a slip ring assembly, your electronics can now twist and turn safely. Add wheel encoders, 360 degree sensors, rotating LEDs, rotors and more! We’ve seen a lot of people DIY slip ring’s out of desperation but no longer, simply pick up one of these to solve any rotation needs you have.

Inside the miniature plastic tube is a gold plated slip ring for 12 wires. There are twelve color coded wire sets made of 28 AWG and no matter how you twist the assembly, they will remain in continuity. Each of the wire sets can carry up to 2A at up to 240VAC or 240VDC. This model is the tiniest slip ring you can get, a mere 20mm long, 12mm diameter. Rated to rotate up to 300 RPM (but you can probably go faster if you don’t mind a reduced life and/or noise).

NEW PRODUCT – JST-PH Battery Extension Cable – 500mm

Becky Stern — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:06:55 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – JST-PH Battery Extension Cable – 500mm – By popular demand, we now have a handy extension cord for all of our JST-terminated battery packs (such as our LiIon/LiPoly and 3xAAA holders). One end has a JST-PH socket, and the other end has a matching plug. Between the two, 500mm of color coded wire. Handy for wearable projects where you may want the battery pack far from your Flora but useful in many other situations where you need a little more space.

Perfect for use with our Flora GPS Jacket tutorial, which stores the battery pack in the jacket’s pocket.

NEW PRODUCT – USB OTG Host Cable – MicroB OTG male to A female

Becky Stern — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:03:44 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – USB OTG Host Cable – MicroB OTG male to A female – This cable looks like a USB micro cable but it isn’t! Instead of a USB A Plug, it has a USB A Socket on the end. This cable is designed for use with OTG (On the Go) host devices (like the Arduino Due or many tablets) so you can connect a mouse, keyboard, or any other USB device. You’ll still need to have drivers on the device, this cable is just a cable and contains no microcontroller or electronics inside.

NEW PRODUCT! Pig-Tail Cables – 0.1″ 2-pin – 4 Pack

Becky Stern — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:14:07 +0000

NEW PRODUCT! Pig-Tail Cables – 0.1″ 2-pin – 4 Pack – You’ll find these handy 2-pin 0.1″ spacing pig-tails to be quite helpful when wiring up your project. The connector end snaps cleanly into 0.1″ spaced header (and fits neatly side by side on 0.1″ spacing as well). We think this would be especially useful when paired with our PWM driver breakout, to control 16 PWM LEDs that are wired, but there’s probably a dozen other uses.

Come in a pack of four cables, 12 inches long, each one has two contacts placed in a housing. We don’t have the exact part # for the housing but it appears to be identical to this Molex C-Grid part.

NEW PRODUCT – Panel mount HDMI Cable – 40 cm

adafruit — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:36:49 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Panel mount HDMI Cable – 40 cm. This panel mount extension cable will allow you to extend an HDMI connection and secure it to an enclosure. Perfect for placing your Raspberry Pi in a secure box. Two M3 screws are used to attach the female socket end, 1″/25.4mm apart. Two hex-screws are included and the hex nuts are embedded inside the molded end. Cable is 40cm long (about 16 inches). This is a HDMI 1.4 cable.

NEW PRODUCT – 3.5mm Stereo to RCA (Composite Audio) Cable 6 feet

adafruit — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:21:44 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – 3.5mm Stereo to RCA (Composite Audio) Cable 6 feet. One of the most common converter cables you’ll want in your cable collection – this 6 foot long cable converts a standard 3.5mm stereo jack to two color-coded mono RCA coaxial jacks.

You’ll want this to convert a ‘headphone’ or ‘line out’ jack to your TV or stereo audio in panel. Perfect for use with component/composite video and audio, such as the Raspberry Pi® !

Cable is 6 ft long.

NEW PRODUCT – Small Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 12)

adafruit — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:29:51 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Small Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 12). Connect this to that without soldering using these handy mini alligator clip test leads. 15″ cables with alligator clip on each end, color coded. You get 12 pieces in 6 colors. Strong and grippy, these always come in handy! We often use these in conjunction with a multimeter so we don’t have to hold the probes in place.

Compared to our Large alligator clip set, these clips are smaller and ‘pointier’

12 piece set, color coded vinyl covered alligator clips.
Contains two of each: Black, red, white, green, blue, and yellow.
Heavy 22AWG copper wire
1 1/4″ alligator clips at both ends

NEW PRODUCTS – Ethernet Cable – 3 ft long & Ethernet Cable – 5 ft long

adafruit — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:00:54 +0000

We have so many Internet-connected goodies in the shop, we figured it’s time to carry a cable so you can easily connect them up! This cable is 3 feet long, comes in Adafruit black and has all 8 wires installed. Perfect for use with the BeagleBone, Arduino Uno Ethernet, Arduino Ethernet Shield, NETduino Plus, Patch Shield, PoE Injector cables, IoT Printer pack or any other Ethernet-cable-needing product!

This is a ‘straight-thru’ cable, not a cross-over cable. If you need an Ethernet cross-over cable, this one won’t work.

And here’s the 5 ft long version.

NEW PRODUCT – USB Extension Cable – 3 meters / 10 ft long

adafruit — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:55:13 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – USB Extension Cable – 3 meters / 10 ft long. This handy USB extension cable will make it easy for you to extend your USB cable when it won’t reach. The connectors are gold plated for years of reliability. We use these handy cables all over our factory and homes. Cable is standard “Adafruit black”. Cable length: 10 feet (3 meters).

NEW PRODUCTS! International Power Plugs

Becky Stern — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:53:23 +0000

NEW PRODUCTS! Power plugs for the UK, Europe, and Australia! These adapters will let you plug into a US 2-prong power adapter around the world.

Australian plug: American Samoa, Argentina, Australia, China, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tajikistan, Tonga, Uruguay– and also the city of Okinawa, Japan.

UK plug: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Channel Islands, China, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iraq, Isle of Man, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macau, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Europlug: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Russia. Also used in the Middle East, most of Africa, South American and many developing nations.

Compatible with all the power adapters Adafruit carries as all are 110-240V compatible!

Note that these do not contain a transformer, so they’re not going to transform 120VAC to 220VAC, they are only mechanical adapters and so only for use with devices that are OK with 220VAC!

I was reminded of Yakko singing all the countries of the world…

NEW PRODUCT – USB A Jack to 5.5/2.1mm jack adapter

adafruit — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:12:25 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – USB A Jack to 5.5/2.1mm jack adapter. This little dongle will let you connect one of our 5V 2Amp or 5V 10Amp adapters to something that expects to connect to USB. The premise is simple – one end has a USB A female jack and the other has a ‘standard’ 5.5mm OD/2.1mm ID barrel jack with center positive polarity.

It does not have any resistors or other connections inside for the data lines so this won’t work for charging an iPhone, iPod or iPad or other device which expects some sort of resistance on the D+ and D- connections. It does, however, work great for Arduinos, BeagleBones, Raspberry Pi’s and most other USB-powered gadgets.

14 AWG stranded core wires.
Cable length: 5.3″/135mm
Weight: 15.26g

NEW PRODUCTS – Servo Extension Cable – 30cm / 12 long & Servo Extension Cable – 50cm / 19.5″ long

adafruit — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:38:53 +0000

NEW PRODUCTS – Servo Extension Cable – 30cm / 12 long & Servo Extension Cable – 50cm / 19.5″ long. Two sizes of flexible servo extension cables, 30cm (12″) and 50cm (about 20″) long. Simply plug in-line with your servos for more reach!

NEW PRODUCTS – Servo Extension Cable – 30cm / 12 long

Stretch out your servo connections with this flexible servo extension cord. It has a 3 pin shrouded “male” connection to plug your servo into and then, 30cm later, a 3 pin female connection.

It even keeps the common red/black/white color coding. A great add-on to our 16 channel PWM/Servo driver and goes with all the servos we carry.

Servo Extension Cable – 50cm / 19.5″ long

Stretch out your servo connections with this flexible servo extension cord. It has a 3 pin shrouded “male” connection to plug your servo into and then, 50cm later, a 3 pin female connection. It even keeps the common red/black/white color coding.

A great add-on to our 16 channel PWM/Servo driver and goes with all the servos we carry.

NEW PRODUCT – PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse to USB adapter

adafruit — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:04:35 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse to USB adapter. This is a nice solution to wanting to use PS/2 devices (such as our capacitive touch pad or magstripe readers). It’s also handy if you want to connect a keyboard and mouse to a Raspberry Pi or Beagle Bone without taking up two USB ports. Inside is a full translation chip – a small USB microcontroller that will translate the PS/2 into “USB Keyboard” and “USB Mouse”

We tested this with a Pi, Bone, Linux, Windows and Mac desktop computer and they all worked flawlessly.

Total approximate length: 7 inches (178mm)
Cable length without connectors: 4 inches (102mm)
Weight: 25g

NEW! Panel Mount USB Cable – B Female to Mini-B Male and Panel Mount USB Cable – B Female to Micro-B Male.

NEW! Panel Mount USB Cable – B Female to Mini-B Male and Panel Mount USB Cable – B Female to Micro-B Male

adafruit — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:10:44 +0000

Panel Mount USB Cable – B Female to Mini-B Male

This handy USB extension cable will make it easy for you to enclose a device that has a mini-B USB type port. We think this would be most handy when putting a Teensy, FTDI friend, USB LiPo charger, USB Boarduino, etc into a box!

The jack half has two mounting ‘ears’ with M3 screws installed, 1 inch / 25.4mm apart. Can be used with box walls 0.125″ to 0.25″ wide. If you have a thinner-walled box, simply swap out the M3 screws for shorter ones. Entire cable is 6″/150mm long.

Panel Mount USB Cable – B Female to Micro-B Male

This handy USB extension cable will make it easy for you to enclose a device that has a micro-B type port. We think this would be most handy when putting an Arduino Leonardo or Raspberry Pi in a box.

Check out all our panel mount cables here.

NEW PRODUCT – USB to TTL Serial Cable – Debug / Console Cable for Raspberry Pi #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

adafruit — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 03:34:47 +0000

It’s HERE! NEW PRODUCT – USB to TTL Serial Cable – Debug / Console Cable for Raspberry Pi. The cable is easiest way ever to connect to your microcontroller/Raspberry Pi/WiFi router serial console port. Inside the big USB plug is a USB-Serial conversion chip and at the end of the 36″ cable are four wire – red power, black ground, white RX into USB port, and green TX out of the USB port. The power pin provides the 500mA direct from the USB port and the RX/TX pins are 3.3V level for interfacing with the most common 3.3V logic level chipsets.

Because of the separated pin plugs, this cable is ideal for powering and connecting up to the debug/login console on the Raspberry Pi. Connect the pins as shown to power the Pi and establish the RX/TX link. Then install the Windows XP/Vista/7/8 or MacOS X PL2303HX.D drivers on your computer and connect with a terminal program at 115200 baud.

Also handy for hacking WiFi routers to install alternate OS’s, or nearly any other TTL port. This is easier to use than an FTDI cable in many cases because the wires are separated

This cable is not good for Arduino re-programming such as a Boarduino, MENTA, Monochron, etc. because it does not have the DTR/RTS wire necessary for initiating the bootloader reboot sequence. For that we suggest an FTDI cable or FTDI friend.

NEW PRODUCT – RCA coupler – Male to Male

adafruit — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 03:11:38 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – RCA coupler – Male to Male. This coupler is kind of like a really short RCA cable. We think its perfect for use with our NTSC/PAL displays since they already have a cable. So instead of a long cable from the display to something like the Raspberry Pi, just pop one of these in between!

NEW PRODUCTS – 10″ USB cables: A/MicroB, A/MiniB, Standard A-B

adafruit — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:41:11 +0000

NEW PRODUCTS – 10″ USB cables: A/MicroB, A/MiniB, Standard A-B. These here are your standard A/MicroB, A/MiniB or A-B cables, for USB 1.1 or 2.0. Perfect for connecting a PC to your NETduino, Arduino Leonardo, Raspberry Pi (among other things). Approximately 10″ long from end to end, its a little more compact than our classic 3′ long cable We had these made to our specifications, available in Adafruit Black

NEW PRODUCTS! Panel mount cables – B Male to B Female, A Male to A Female, Ethernet Extension Cable

adafruit — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:54:52 +0000

NEW PRODUCTS! Panel mount cables – B Male to B Female, A Male to A Female, Ethernet Extension Cables!

B Male to B Female - This handy USB extension cable will make it easy for you to enclose a device that has a B type port. We think this would be most handy when putting an Arduino in a box. The jack half has two mounting ‘ears’ with M3 screws installed, 1 inch / 25.4mm apart. Can be used with box walls 0.125″ to 0.25″ wide. If you have a thinner-walled box, simply swap out the M3 screws for shorter ones. Entire cable is 11.5″ long.

Panel mount USB type B socket with USB type B plug at cable end
28 AWG data, 24 AWG power wires
11.5″ long / 29 cm
Two M3 mounting screws, 1″ / 25.4mm apart

A Male to A Female – This handy USB extension cable will make it easy for you to enclose a device that has a A type (USB host) port. We think this would be most handy when putting a Beagle Bone, Raspberry Pi or Mintyboost into a box. The jack half has two mounting ‘ears’ with M3 screws installed, 1.25″ inch / 29.5mm apart. The ears are flexible so the holes don’t have to drilled very precisely. Can be used with box walls up to 0.25″ wide. The screws can be put on from the back for ‘reverse’ mounting if the box thickness is a problem. Entire cable is 11.5″ long.

Panel mount USB type A socket with USB type A plug at cable end
28 AWG data, 24 AWG power wires
11.5″ long / 29 cm
Two M3 mounting screws, 1.15″ / 29.5mm apart

Ethernet Extension Cable – This handy Ethernet extension cable will make it easy for you to enclose a device that has an Ethernet port. We think this would be most useful when putting a Beagle Bone, Raspberry Pi, Arduino Ethernet into a box.

The jack half has two mounting ‘ears’ with M3 screws installed, 1.125″ inch / 28.5mm apart. The ears are flexible so the holes don’t have to drilled very precisely. Can be used with box walls up to 0.25″ wide. The screws can be put on from the back for ‘reverse’ mounting if the box thickness is a problem. Entire cable is 11″ long.

Panel mount Ethernet 8P socket with Ethernet 8P plug at cable end. Straight-through extension
24 AWG wires
11″ long / 28 cm
Two M3 mounting screws, 1.125″ / 28.5mm apart

NEW PRODUCT – Snap-action 5-Wire Block Connector (12-28 AWG) – Pack of 3

adafruit — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:35:41 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Snap-action 5-Wire Block Connector (12-28 AWG) – Pack of 3. These are like the fancy electronics equivalent of the wire nuts electricians use to bind wires together. They are a lot easier to use as well! Each block connector has a metal block inside and three levers that snap open and close to bind stranded/solid-core wire.

No screwdrivers required! They’re super handy for free wiring and can handle up to 20A at 300V with UL listing so you can also use them for mains wiring. Use any wires from 12 AWG down to 28 AWG. Each package comes with 3 pieces of 5-wire blocks. We also have the 3-wire 3 packs too.

NEW PRODUCT! Stereo 3.5mm Plug/Plug Audio Cable – 6 feet

NEW PRODUCT! Stereo 3.5mm Plug/Plug Audio Cable – 6 feet

Becky Stern — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:23:22 +0000

This basic cable comes with two 3.5mm (1/8″ headphone jack size) stereo connectors. It’s fairly straight forward, you’ll commonly need these to connect two audio devices together.

Cable is 6 ft long.

NEW PRODUCT – Snap-action 3-Wire Block Connector (12-28 AWG) – Pack of 3

adafruit — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:55:47 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Snap-action 3-Wire Block Connector (12-28 AWG) – Pack of 3. These are like the fancy electronics equivalent of the wire nuts electricians use to bind wires together. They are a lot easier to use as well! Each block connector has a metal block inside and three levers that snap open and close to bind stranded/solid-core wire. No screwdrivers required! They’re super handy for free wiring and can handle up to 20A at 300V with UL listing so you can also use them for mains wiring. Use any wires from 12 AWG down to 28 AWG. Each package comes with 3 pieces of 3-wire blocks.

Connection method - CAGE CLAMP® CONNECTION
Cross section [mm²] - 0.08 – 4 mm²
Cross section [AWG] - 28 – 12 AWG
Measured voltage EN - 400 V
Measured shock voltage - 4 kV
Pollution degree - 2
Current intensity EN - 32 A
Weight - 4.153 g
Color - gray
Wiring type - Side-entry
No. of connection Points - 3
No. of potentials - 1
Height - 14.5 mm
Height - 0.571 in
Width - 17 mm
Width - 0.669 in
Depth - 20.5 mm
Depth - 0.807 in
Strip length from - 9 mm
Strip length to - 10 mm
Strip length - 0.37 in

NEW PRODUCTS – Premium Female/Male ‘Extension’ Jumper Wires – 40 x 3″ (75mm), 40 x 12″ (300mm) and 40 x 6″ (150mm)

adafruit — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:23:44 +0000

NEW PRODUCTS – Premium Female/Male ‘Extension’ Jumper Wires – 40 x 3″ (75mm), 40 x 12″ (300mm) and 40 x 6″ (150mm). 3 different sizes! Finally we have finished the nonfecta of all different combinations of rainbow-ribbon premium jumper wires. We now have Male/Male, Female/Male and Female/Female sets in 3″, 6″ and 12″. No matter what you’re connecting, if its on a 0.1″ spacing we have you covered!

Premium Female/Male ‘Extension’ Jumper Wires – 40 x 3″ (75mm)
Handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB’s. These premium jumper wires are 3″ (75mm) long and come in a ‘strip’ of 40 (4 pieces of each of ten rainbow colors). They have 0.1″ male header contacts on one end and 0.1″ female header contacts on the other. They fit cleanly next to each other on standard-pitch 0.1″ (2.54mm) header. The best part is they come in a 40-pin ribbon cable. You can always pull the ribbon wires off to make individual jumpers, or keep them together to make neatly organized wire harnesses.

Premium Female/Male ‘Extension’ Jumper Wires – 40 x 6″ (150mm)
Handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB’s. These premium jumper wires are 6″ (150mm) long and come in a ‘strip’ of 40 (4 pieces of each of ten rainbow colors). They have 0.1″ male header contacts on one end and 0.1″ female header contacts on the other. They fit cleanly next to each other on standard-pitch 0.1″ (2.54mm) header. The best part is they come in a 40-pin ribbon cable. You can always pull the ribbon wires off to make individual jumpers, or keep them together to make neatly organized wire harnesses.

Premium Female/Male ‘Extension’ Jumper Wires – 40 x 12″ (300mm)
Handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB’s. These premium jumper wires are 12″ (300mm) long and come in a ‘strip’ of 40 (4 pieces of each of ten rainbow colors). They have 0.1″ male header contacts on one end and 0.1″ female header contacts on the other. They fit cleanly next to each other on standard-pitch 0.1″ (2.54mm) header. The best part is they come in a 40-pin ribbon cable. You can always pull the ribbon wires off to make individual jumpers, or keep them together to make neatly organized wire harnesses.

Remember! We have these in three handy lengths: 3″/75mm, 6″/160mm and 12″/300mm. If you want the female/female type or male/male type, we have those too!

NEW PRODUCT – Cable Gland – Waterproof RJ-45 / Ethernet connector [RJ-45]

adafruit — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:57:41 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Cable Gland – Waterproof RJ-45 / Ethernet connector [RJ-45]. We have some great waterproof and weather-proof items in the adafruit shop, but once you have a project built, you’ll want to enclose it. But how to keep an enclosure weather/waterproof while still attaching cables for power, data or sensors? That’s where cable glands come in. By installing these over the cable, they form-fit to make a seal, keeping your project box innards safe from the outdoors.

This particular gland is specifically designed for RJ-45 cables, commonly known as Ethernet or Cat-5 cables. This gland is meant to work with any existing Ethernet cable and works in two parts to allow attachment/detachment. First, install the dual-socket part into the enclosure (that’s the part all the way to the left). It has two RJ-45 sockets. Next, take apart the gland and slide the Ethernet cable thru it, with the over-nut first, then the rubber gasket, then finally the contracting gland. Plug in the cable, and screw the first over-nut to attach it to the socket, then tighten the gland to complete the seal.

Adafruit Best-Friend-Forever (BFF) Akiba over at Freaklabs.org has a great tutorial about how to use cable glands to keep waterproof enclosures waterproof, even with power or data or sensor cables coming out. Please check it out for some excellent information about how to use them!

NUD Collection

adafruit — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:31:21 +0000

NUD Collection. If you’re working on some anachronistic electronics (or simply are tired of gray/beige/black) these cords are really pretty.

BACK IN STOCK! Slip Ring with Flange – 22mm diameter, 6 wires, max 240V @ 2A

adafruit — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:52:33 +0000

BACK IN STOCK! Slip Ring with Flange – 22mm diameter, 6 wires, max 240V @ 2A AND Here’s a video of our new slip ring in action, which rotates freely while maintaining six wire connections.

NEW PRODUCT – Slip Ring with Flange – 22mm diameter, 6 wires, max 240V @ 2A. With a slip ring assembly, your electronics can now twist and turn safely. Add wheel encoders, 360 degree sensors, rotating LEDs, rotors and more! We’ve seen a lot of people DIY slip ring’s out of desperation but no longer, simply pick up one of these to solve any rotation needs you have.

Inside the plastic tube is a gold plated slip ring for 6 wires. There are six color coded wire sets made of 26 AWG and no matter how you twist the assembly, they will remain in continuity. Each of the wire sets can carry up to 2A at up to 240VAC or 240VDC. There’s a 44mm (1.7″) diameter flange with mounting holes to make it easy to attach or you can cut it off with a hacksaw and drill/machine as you wish it seems to just be ABS plastic. Rated to rotate up to 300 RPM (but you can probably go faster if you don’t mind a reduced life and/or noise).

Rated voltage: 240VAC/240VDC
Rated current: 2 Amp
6 x 6″ long 26 AWG wires

In stock and twirling!

NEW PRODUCT – Cable Gland PG-7 size – 0.118 to 0.169 Cable Diameter [PG-7]

adafruit — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:26:15 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Cable Gland PG-7 size – 0.118 to 0.169 Cable Diameter [PG-7]. We have some great waterproof and weather-proof items in the adafruit shop, but once you have a project built, you’ll want to enclose it. But how to keep an enclosure weather/waterproof while still attaching cables for power, data or sensors? That’s where cable glands come in. By installing these over the cable, they form-fit to make a seal, keeping your project box innards safe from the outdoors.

We have two sizes, the PG-7 size is good for cables 0.118″ to 0.169″ diameter and PG-9 size is good for 0.158″ – 0.252″ diameter. These two are the most common sizes for power & data cables, be sure to measure them so you have the proper fit.

NEW PRODUCT – Cable Gland PG-9 size – 0.158 to 0.252 Cable Diameter [PG-9]

adafruit — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:19:59 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Cable Gland PG-9 size – 0.158 to 0.252 Cable Diameter [PG-9]. We have some great waterproof and weather-proof items in the adafruit shop, but once you have a project built, you’ll want to enclose it. But how to keep an enclosure weather/waterproof while still attaching cables for power, data or sensors? That’s where cable glands come in. By installing these over the cable, they form-fit to make a seal, keeping your project box innards safe from the outdoors.

Slip Ring (video)

Becky Stern — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:30:36 +0000

Here’s a video of our new slip ring in action, which rotates freely while maintaining six wire connections.

Rated voltage: 240VAC/240VDC
Rated current: 2 Amp
6 x 6″ long 26 AWG wires

In stock and twirling!

NEW PRODUCT – Waterproof Polarized 4-Wire Cable Set

adafruit — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:33:21 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Waterproof Polarized 4-Wire Cable Set. Outdoor enthusiasts rejoice! We now have very useful 4-wire polarized cable sets in a waterproof variety. These cable sets are ideal for projects that must weather the weather: dust, water, rain, snow, tornado (not volcano proof!). Each cable has 4 color-coded conductors (red, black, white yellow) that match between the sides, for easy wiring and connectors are polarized so you can’t plug them in wrong. They are a little bulky the o-ring and removable over-screw. The o-ring is what makes the waterproof seal, and the over-screw keeps the two halves connected solidly

Comes as a set of two cables – one plug and one jack. The total length of the connected cables is 16″ (40cm).

Each half has a 7″ long cable (not including the connector part)
16″ total length when plugged together
4-pin polarized connector with 22AWG wires
Rated for up to 24VDC, up to 4A per connector
0.58″ (15mm) diameter at widest point
20 grams per set
IP67 rated
PVC Connector & Jacket

NEW PRODUCT – Waterproof DC Power Cable Set – 5.5/2.1mm

adafruit — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:18:25 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Waterproof DC Power Cable Set – 5.5/2.1mm. Outdoor enthusiasts rejoice! We now have standard 5.5/2.1mm DC power cable sets in a waterproof variety. These cable sets are ideal for projects that must weather the weather: dust, water, rain, snow, tornado (not volcano proof!). They are a little bulkier than normal DC jacks because of the o-ring and removable over-screw. The o-ring is what makes the waterproof seal, and the over-screw keeps the two halves connected solidly

Comes as a set of two cables – one plug and one jack. The total length of the connected cables is 16″ (40cm). The wires are color coded – red is center, black is ring – to match the most common center-positive polarity.

Each half has a 7″ long cable (not including the connector part)
16″ total length when plugged together
5.5mm / 2.1mm ‘standard’ DC jack with coloring for center positive wiring
0.68″ (18mm) diameter at widest point
20 grams per set
IP67 rated
PVC Connector & Jacket

In stock and terminal blocking…

NEW PRODUCT – Power Distribution Bus – 7 x 6mm diameter solid brass

adafruit — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:18:14 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – Power Distribution Bus – 7 x 6mm diameter solid brass. Imagine terminal blocks that are cut out of one solid piece of brass, designed to distribute power. Well, that’s what we have here! These machined bus bars are for when you want to distribute power through a project, we think they are ideal for robots and LED pixel grids where you have tons of current and a lot of loose wiring to control

Each bus has 7 holes bored out of a chunk of brass. There are screws that can cinch down any number of wires. Since its meant for power distribution, the wires should be 20 AWG or larger (thinner wires will slip out). You can use any larger wire, the holes are 6mm diameter! We don’t have exact specifications for current carrying ability but we imagine they are good for 10A as its just a chunk of metal

A nice touch on these is the plastic covering which provides a little isolation from the outside world, and mounting flanges…

NEW PRODUCT – Slip Ring with Flange – 22mm diameter, 6 wires, max 240V @ 2A

adafruit — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:59:42 +0000

Rated voltage: 240VAC/240VDC
Rated current: 2 Amp
6 x 6″ long 26 AWG wires

In stock and twirling!

NEW PRODUCT – HDMI Cable – 1 meter

adafruit — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:20:00 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – HDMI Cable – 1 meter. We’ll have some items in the store soon that need HDMI cables, so here’s one we like! Connect two HDMI devices together with this basic HDMI cable. It has nice molded grips for easy installation, and is 1 meter long (about 3 feet).

NEW PRODUCT – USB cable – A/MicroB [3ft]

adafruit — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:01:36 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – USB cable – A/MicroB [3ft] – This here is your standard A to micro-B USB cable, for USB 1.1 or 2.0. Perfect for connecting a PC to your NETduino (among other things). Approximately 3 feet / 1 meter long.

NEW PRODUCT – 4-pin JST SM Plug Cable

adafruit — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:46:18 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – 4-pin JST SM Plug Cable. This 4-wire cable is 20cm long and has a JST SM type connector plug on the end. It mates with the JST SM receptacle cable and is good for whenever you have 4 wires you want to be able to plug and unplug. We like the solid and compact nature of these connectors and the latch that keeps the cable from coming apart easily. For more information, check the JST SM connector datasheet.

Our digital addressable LED strip and 12mm pixels also come with JST SM connectors and you can use these cables to connect to the input or output port

This cable can be used to connect to the INPUT port of our LPD8806 digital addressable LED strip (so that you can easily plug it into your Arduino or similar. It can be used to connect to the OUTPUT port of our WS2801 LED Pixels so that you can connect another strand to the output, or perhaps apply power to the ‘output’ end.

NEW PRODUCT – 10-pin Socket/Socket IDC cable – Short 1.5″

adafruit — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:35:32 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – 10-pin Socket/Socket IDC cable – Short 1.5″. Connect this to that with an IDC cable! This cable has 10 pins (2×5) in 0.1″x0.1″ spacing. This is a shorter version of the cable we’ve carried for AVR programming, we use this for chaining together 16×24 LED matrix panels. About 1.5″ long with two sockets crimped onto either side, they’re quite sturdy!

NEW PRODUCT – 4-pin AT/ATX/IDE power cable

adafruit — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:55:35 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – 4-pin AT/ATX/IDE power cable. For big projects, with big power needs, an AT or ATX power supply is a handy place to grab 5V or 12VDC. Only problem is that these supplies have connectors that only plug into motherboards or hard drives. That’s where this cable comes in. It has a matching 4-pin molex connector to the hard drive/CD-ROM power cables that come out of a power supply so you can use this to grab 5V or 12V. Heck, you can even use this cable while your computer is powered, say to decorate your hard drive with LEDs or VFD/LCD displays, etc.

Note that in some older computer power supplies, the 12V supply is ‘unstable’ unless there’s a lot of current draw on the 5V line. In these cases, if you need to use the 12V line without also loading the 5V line, you can solder a 10 ohm 10 Watt power resistor between ground and 5V to load it enough to stabilize the 12V line.

NEW PRODUCT – IC hook set (9 pcs)

adafruit — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:12:13 +0000

NEW PRODUCT – IC hook set (9 pcs). When alligator clips and even scope probes are too large, IC hooks come to the rescue! These fine clips are very nice, and come in a set of 9 colors (black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, gray). They provide a nice strong grip on SOICs, TQFPs, anything with 0.6mm pin pitch or larger. The hook is made of strong gold-plated ‘piano wire’, and there are angle connectors so that you can slip these onto your Saleae Logic probe cable (to replace the all-black ones) or any 0.1″ socket jumper cables. These are a little more expensive than low-cost hooks but we’ve compared them and found that these work much better at gripping small pins

UPDATED PRODUCT – 2.1mm female/make barrel jack extension cable – 1.5m / 5 ft

adafruit — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:30:48 +0000

UPDATED PRODUCT – 2.1mm female/make barrel jack extension cable – 1.5m / 5 ft. This product is a 3-in-1 cable. By itself, it can act as an extension cord for any 5.5/2.1mm DC power cable. The heavy 22 AWG wires can handle up to 5A.

You can also cut it half to make two barrel cables (one plug and one jack). This will allow you to connect a classic ‘wall wart’ to a breadboard or PCB without having to solder in a bulky power jack. Or you can use the plug half to connect some batteries to something with a 2.1mm jack.

UPDATED PRODUCT – Premium Female/Female Jumper Wires – 40 x 6″

adafruit — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:17:27 +0000

UPDATED PRODUCT – Premium Female/Female Jumper Wires – 40 x 6″. Handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB’s. These premium jumper wires are a little over 6″ (150mm) long and come in a ‘strip’ of 40 (4 pieces of each of ten colors). They have 0.1″ sockets on either end and fit cleanly next to each other on standard-pitch 0.1″ (2.54mm) header. We recenlty updated these so they are in a ‘ribbon strip’ instead of individual wires. You can always pull the ribbon wires off to make individual jumpers, or keep them together to make neatly organized wire harnesses.